A case of hydrophobia : commonly called canine madness, from the bite of a mad dog, successfully treated / by Thomas Arnold.

  • Arnold, Thomas, 1742-1816.
Date:
1793
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Credit: A case of hydrophobia : commonly called canine madness, from the bite of a mad dog, successfully treated / by Thomas Arnold. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    sickness, and vomited up her medi- cines and food. Was thirsty, and some- what feverish. Her head was better, and she had been more composed du- ring the night. She was ordered to takej^ve grains of glim pills, with six drops of laudanum, every four hours. Every thing else, excepting the red wine, ivas ordered to be omitted, Friday 6. 12. I saw her, for the first time, this morning, and found her with so little complaint of any kind, and in parti- cular so perfectly free from those symptoms which characterize, or usu- ally attend, the Hydrophobia; that it appeared right to desist from the use of all those medicines which had hi- therto been prescribed with the express intention of combating that disorder; c 3